Wine People: A model for helping small growers thrive in Georgia
We’re very excited to introduce an innovative and new line up from @telianicollection — Teliani Valley, a major winery in Georgia, has partnered with artisanal winemakers without the resources to bottle and export their own products. Their wine is distributed under the Teliani Collection Wine People label, and the revenue funds their own commercial wineries and helps the small winemakers grow and make a name for themselves.
The first series features winemakers from the newest AOC ( appellation of control Bolnisi).
The project is a wholehearted affirmation of the unity of Georgia’s winemakers–big and small, traditional and modern. We’re all in this together.
We are excited to be working with limited amounts of four of the wines
Wine People Aliosha Kapanadze Rkatsiteli Amber 2018
A dry amber wine made in qvevri by Aliosha Kapanadze (known his whole life as Al Capone ), a mechanical engineer now returned to the family tradition of winemaking.
Wine People Chochishvili Chinebuli Amber 2018
Handmade in qvevri by Nika Chochishvili, a 42-year-old military logistician descended from a family of winemakers. He makes wines with his friend Giorgi Cherkezishvili.
Wine People Chagelishvili Tavkveri Red 2018
Handmade in qvevri, by Vakhtang Chagelishvili, a 38 year old engineering ecologist from a family of winemakers in Bolnisi, a region of Georgia where wine has been made since 6th C BC.
Wine People Mama Makari Saperavi Red 2018
Reverently made inside a monastery a 30 year old monk known in Georgian as ‘Mama Makari’ in qvevri
